Margaret Steed Hess biographies
Scope and Contents
Photocopies of typewritten and handwritten biographies. Most of the objects of the biographies were early settlers in the Farmington and Bountiful, Utah, areas. Hess probably used these items as sources for her history of Farmington, Utah. These materials may be considered secondary sources. The primary sources, or autobiographies, have been removed from the collection and cataloged separately.
Dates
- 1900-1940
Creator
- Hess, Margaret Steed (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Open for public research.
Conditions Governing Use
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Biographies must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Biographical History
Margaret Hess wrote biographies of early settlers in the Farmington and Bountiful, Utah, areas.
Margaret Steed Hess was born in 1884, in Draper, Utah to John Wilford Steed and Ann Daves Jenkins. In 1908, she married Milton Hess. She served for forty years as historian for a Daughters of Utah Pioneers (DUP) chapter. Margaret wrote biographies of early settlers in the Farmington and Bountiful, Utah, areas, and also, "My Farmington: a history of Farmington, Utah, 1847-1976". She also wrote a brief sketch of some of her life experiences.
Extent
90 items (2 linear inches)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection contains 90 items of photocopies of typewritten and handwritten biographies between 1900 and 1940.
Appraisal
19th Century Western and Mormon Manuscripts.
Separated Materials
The primary sources, or autobiographies, have been removed from the collection and catalogued separately. See F 834.F3H4x 1970 for "My Farmington: a history of Farmington, Utah, 1847-1976," and MSS SC 2636 Autobiography, 1954.
- Title
- Register of Biographies
- Status
- In Progress
- Author
- Garrett Schroath
- Date
- 2011 February 24
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English in Latin script.
Repository Details
Part of the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Repository
1130 HBLL
Brigham Young University
Provo Utah 84602 United States